1 Samuel 12:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Idols are only statues—they can’t help you. So don’t worship them. Idols can’t help you or save you. They are nothing!

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:18

Their false god will not help them, because it is only a statue that someone covered with metal. It is only a statue, so whoever made it cannot expect it to help. That statue cannot even speak!

Jeremiah 16:19

Lord, you are my strength and my protection. You are a safe place to run to in time of trouble. The nations will come to you from all around the world. They will say, “Our fathers had false gods. They worshiped those worthless idols, but the idols did not help them.

Jeremiah 10:15

These idols are worth nothing. They are something to make fun of. In the time of judgment they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 14:22

Foreign idols don’t have the power to bring rain. The sky does not have the power to send down showers of rain. You, the Lord our God, are our only hope. You are the one who made all these things.

Deuteronomy 11:16

“He says, ‘Be careful! Don’t be fooled. Don’t turn away from me to serve other gods and to bow down to them.’

1 Corinthians 8:4

So this is what I say about eating meat: We know that an idol is really nothing in the world, and we know that there is only one God.

Jonah 2:8

“Some people worship useless idols, but those statues never help them.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have done two evil things. They turned away from me, and they dug their own water cisterns. I am the source of living water; those cisterns are broken and cannot hold water.

Isaiah 46:7

They put their false god on their shoulders and carry it. That false god is useless; people have to carry it! People set the statue on the ground, and it cannot move. That false god never walks away from its place. People can yell at it, but it will not answer. That false god is only a statue; it cannot save people from their troubles.

Isaiah 45:20

“You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing.

Jeremiah 10:8

All the people of the other nations are stupid and foolish. Their teachings come from worthless wooden statues.

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “Do you think that I was not fair to your ancestors? Is that why they turned away from me? Your ancestors worshiped worthless idols, and they became worthless themselves.

Isaiah 41:29

Those gods are all less than nothing. They cannot do anything. They are worthless.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They made me jealous with things that are not really gods. They made me angry with their worthless idols. So I will use people who are not really a nation to make them jealous. I will use a worthless nation to make them angry.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing this? We are not gods. We are human just like you. We came to tell you the Good News. We are telling you to turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the true living God, the one who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Deuteronomy 30:17

But if you turn away from your God and refuse to listen, if you are led away to worship and serve other gods,

2 Kings 17:15

They refused to follow his laws and the agreement he made with their ancestors. They would not listen to his warnings. They worshiped idols that were worth nothing and they themselves became worth nothing. The Lord had warned them not to do the evil things that the people in the nations around them did. But they lived the same way those people lived.

Jonah 2:9

I will give sacrifices to you, and I will praise and thank you. I will make special promises to you, and I will do what I promise.” Salvation only comes from the Lord!